The Elfering Blog

meeting of the minds, hearts and souls (usually)

Six Weeks Old

Jill | July 18, 2010

Vivian is six weeks old.  She can now go to daycare - but doesn’t have to go full-time for over four more months!
It is no longer anything out of the ordinary to have both kids by myself.  Jeremy has been working steadily this week from about 6:30 until 3 each day.  We have settled into [...]

One Month

Jill | July 3, 2010

I’ve got two more days with both kids on my own under my belt.  Wednesday I even took them both out on errands!  I’m managing to even get some work done.  In addition to what I already knew I would have to work on, we had flooding from a broken toilet into one of our computer [...]

Two Weeks Old

Jill | June 17, 2010

Vivian had her 2-week check-up yesterday.  She had a glowing report!  She’s weighing in at 8 pounds, 11 ounces (75th percentile).  Her height is still 21 inches (90th percentile) and head is still 14.5 inches around (75th percentile).  The doctor was very impressed with her strength and head control, and he was surprised to hear [...]

2nd Week

Jill | June 15, 2010

Vivian slept through the night for the first time on Sunday night.  Unfortunately, Mac woke up crying at 2:00 a.m.!  Last night, she woke only once to eat at 4:30, but again Mac woke up early - at 6:30.  Well, eventually we’ll get things worked out.
I noticed yesterday that Vivian was able to track [...]

Long Time, No Post

Jill | February 6, 2010

It’s been busy around these parts, to say the least.  But I wanted to take some time this weekend, just a week before Mac turns 2 (what?!), to write about some updates.
First, a list of Mac’s new words!  This will probably be the last concrete list, as he now actually seems to try just [...]

Work Before Play… Let’s Talk!

Jill | November 17, 2009

I finally caught some new things on video last week!  It helps to actually have a weekend where we weren’t scurrying about…  I did not, however, take time to edit them to be pretty, so forgive the raw footage.
Mac loves to help us unload the dishwasher.  We take out the breakables and sharps, and he [...]

Halloween Ball

Jill | October 31, 2009

No, we didn’t attend any fancy parties this year, but we did have two very exciting milestones over the past two days!
Yesterday, Mac finally said his first word: BALL.  We were sitting on the couch looking at a book where I was asking him to point at the kitty, puppy and baby.  He did really [...]

Mac’s Mischief

Jill | October 3, 2009

I haven’t had a lot of free time lately to catch everyone up on Mac’s latest tricks & milestones, but I have tried to keep track of them, though for the most part dates are lost.  There are only two dates I made note of: September 9th, he got out of his crib (but [...]

18 Months Old

Jill | August 13, 2009

Mac had his 18-month check-up today with our new doctor.  Our old clinic in Hopkins is closing, so we decided that location, along with this clinic having an allergy clinic attached, were signs that it was time to make the move.  And although I had to wait a while for the doctor (I had [...]

17 Months Old

Jill | July 14, 2009

I’ve been back from D.C. for two weeks now, and I’m just getting back to our blog.  I’ve been keeping very busy with work, Mac and the household daily tasks!
Mac’s development has been much less physical and much more by way of SMART!  His communication is slightly lagging - he’s not talking yet, but he [...]